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Meet the Elk Grove High School baseball coach who has 5 former players in the MLB

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Meet the Elk Grove High School baseball coach who has 5 former players in the MLB
Meet the Elk Grove High School baseball coach who has 5 former players in the MLB
Mark Demsky reports

MORE THAN ITS FAIR SHARE OFBIG LEAGUE PLAYERS RECENTLYFOX FORTY'S MARK DEMSKY HASMORE.A SPECIAL MOMENT LAST MONTHFROM THE CARLSON FAMILY, THEYALL GATHERED AROUND THE TVHERE IN CALIFORNIA AS DYLANCARLSON COLLECTED HIS FIRSTMAJOR LEAGUE HIT IN CHICAGO ASA MEMBER OF THE LOUISCARDINALS WAS KIND OFNERVE-WRACKING TO TREAT YOUKNOW YOU'RE JUST WANTED TO.TO SUCCEED AND GET THATFIRST HIT AND AND WHEN IT CAMEAS A VERY EXCITING YOU CAN SEETHE MOTION OF THE ROOM CARLSONIS IT JUST A PROUD FATHER HE'STHE LONGTIME BASEBALL COACH ATELK GROVE HIGH OVER 19 YEARSCARLSON'S TEAMS WON 8 SACKWALKING SECTION TITLES.IN 5 OF HIS PLAYERS FROMTHOSE TEAMS ARE NOW CURRENTLYIN THE BIG LEAGUES THERE ISDEREK HILL WITH THE TIGERSWHEN HE TALKED DEREK HILL,THESE SPEECHES.

HIS JUST GAMECHANGE AND STUFF LIKE THATMEMORABLE WITH THE WHITE SOXAND NICK MADRIGAL JUST THE WAYHANDLES A BAT DOESN'T STRIKEOUT PUTS A BALL PLAY.FEEL THAT SWELL THE J DDAVIS WITH THE METS AND THEMOST ESTABLISHED PLAYER OF THEGROUP'S J D DAVIS IS JUST THERAW POWER THAT HE HAD SLUGGERROWDY TELLEZ WITH THE BLUEJAYS THROUGHOUT HIS AS WILLHIT THE BALL INTO ORBIT, IMEAN JUST THOSE TYPES OF TOOLSAND DYLAN CARLSON WITH THECARDINALS AS A SWITCH HITTERPOWER FROM BOTH SIDES COULDRUN THEY ALL POSSESS CERTAINTHINGS THAT DIFFERENTDIFFERENT QUALITIES AND TOOLSFROM ELK GROVE TO THE MAJORLEAGUES, A TOTAL OF 15 PLAYERSFROM THE THUNDERING HERD HAVEPLAYED IN THE BIG LEAGUES, YOUKNOW I GET A LOT OF THE CREDITA LOT BUT THERE'S A LOT OFOTHER PEOPLE THAT HELP MEALONG THE WAY AND I'M JUSTPROUD OF THAT THAT IT WOULDPUT SOMETHING TOGETHER LIKETHAT THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL APROGRAM AND I THINK WE HAD AGREAT PROGRAM WE STILL DO.OF COURSE THERE'S HUNDREDSOF OTHER BALLPLAYERS TO PLAYFOR COACH CARLSON, WHO DIDN'TMAKE IT TO THE BIG LEAGUES INTHE COACHES JUST AS PROUD.THOSE GUYS IT WASN'T ABOUTCHAMPIONSHIPS.IT WAS OUT THIS MAKINGTHESE GUYS JUST BETTER GUYSAND BETTER HUSBANDS.BETTER WORKERS YOU KNOW ANDAND WE'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TOWIN TITLESTHAT SOME MAKE THE BIGLEAGUES AND YOU KNOW IT'SPRETTY AWESOME PRETTY AWESOMEINDEED.

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